I Suck At The British Beer Company

last night, karen and i went out for dinner. i am beginning to think my waistline is hating me right now because it seems like i eat out... a lot. oh well. if i could say something to my waistline, i'd do my best kelly lebrock impersonation and say "don't hate me because i'm beautiful".

anyway, karen and i went to the british beer company in pembroke. now, i suck at the british beer company. i have not been there in quite some time. after picking up karen after work... or her second work (that being the south shore ymca in quincy where she had a nutrition counseling meeting with a client), i rattled off a bunch of places that we could go out for dinner. the british beer company sounded good to karen, so off we went.

before we left quincy, however, we actually had to double check that some of my friends were not going out for dinner themselves. earlier in the day, i had contacted my friend (andrea) about going out for some the liquid yumminess also known as alcohol. andrea and i had previously gone to the union brew house in weymouth one night at the spur of the moment. as i had not seen andrea in awhile, i figured i'd see if she were interested in spontaneously going out again.

as it turned out, andrea already had plans with her bff (hot amy). their plan was to go to rock bottom in braintree. when i asked her about going out for some drinks, she invited karen and i to join them at rock bottom.

unfortunately, andrea had to cancel her plans with hot amy because of her work. so, rock bottom was off the table for the night. long story short, karen and i just had to make sure that hot amy was still not looking to hang out before we decided going elsewhere for dinner. (for anyone curious, she was not.)

anyway, the british beer company was good as usual. i had their steak tips... with panko crusted green beans and mash potatoes... (cue rachael ray's "yum-o" sound). part of the reason why the meal was so good was that i had not had beef in some time. beef... it's what's for dinner. needless to say, i enjoyed the steak tips very much. i even made sure to cut the steak into very thin strips... lest i have a repeat of my choking incident from that fateful black friday.

all in all, it was nice having dinner with just karen. sure, it was not exactly a romantic date or anything like that, but it was good quality time. i think karen has been feeling a little down lately.

on an unrelated note, after speaking with my bff (kerry) last night... i found out that her fish (jose) is now literally swimming with the fishes. it's very sad. jose was so close to getting a new fish bowl too.